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Do they not deliver long arguments to prove that Slavery is right, just, benign, civilizing, and necessary,--that it is the proper condition of the negro and the working-man?
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gutenberg.orgCharles Sumner: “Do they not deliver long arguments to prove that Slavery is right, just, benign, civilizing, and necessary,--that it is…”
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He critiques the arguments made by Southern politicians who justify slavery as beneficial and necessary.
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